Gulf coast residents prepare ahead of Hurricane Isaias landfall – video

0:58Gulf coast residents prepare ahead of Hurricane Isaias landfall – videoBoarding up windows and filling sandbags and fuel tanks are part of routine hurricane preparation for residents of the Gulf coast. Isaias strengthened into a category 3 hurricane on Friday morning as it barreled toward the US Gulf coast, and states of emergency have been declared in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Isaias is forecast to make landfall on Friday night, somewhere along the Alabama-Florida line, with surging seas up to 7ft (2.1 meters) and waves as high as 30ft (9.1 meters)

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